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On this episode of the podcast, the shaggy dog horror, MADMAN.
Yes, it’s a rather paint-by-numbers “maniac in the woods movie”.
There are campers. There are counsellors. There are woods. There are tales of things lurking in the shadows. Urban legends. Some unique kills.
Still, there’s enough to commend this silly effort, which has drawn unfavourable comparisons to the likes of Friday the 13th and The Burning.
Join us!
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Not to be confused with Malcolm X, we’re turning our eyes to Jason X! After all, it’s Friday the 13th folks.
This one features the Butcher of Camp Crystal Lake, Jason Voorhees, out in space. Why? Why not? (or more accurately, because someone in the studio green lit an absolutely godawful idea, that’s why).
This film has a lot of detractors. But in recent years, some of us have developed a soft spot for what is undeniably a bit of a turd.
Jason Voorhees is frozen cryogenically by devious Doc David Cronenberg. Then, 450 years into the future, space explorers revivify the killer. Bad move. Jeez, they learned not a single thing in the interceding 5 centuries.
MORONS!
Join us on this podcast discussion. And enjoy Friday the 13th as well.
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Lucio Fulci is one of our favourites. With Touch of Death, however, he’s not exactly in his finest form. Still, lousy Fulci is a bit like lousy pizza: it’s still pretty darn good.
Lester Parson is a cannibal psychopath (uh oh!) who abducts and mutilates women in the Tuscan hills, eating certain cuts and disposing the rest in his back yard to his pigs.
And he thinks the radio is talking to him.
Parson is a degenerate gambler as well. Why? To bad out the run time of course!
Over the course of a scant 80 minutes, Fulci strings together a bunch of largely unrelated set pieces, largely as an excuse to show off some gore and gallows humor. And there’s nothing wrong with that at all!
So, join us on the Really Awful Movies Podcast as we talk about our favorite Fulci films, the oddball appeal of horseracing, the work of genre actor Brett Halsey, HG Lewis, our love of all things Italian horror, and much, much more. Subscribe, folks!
